Leadership & Structure

Leader driven for sustained results.

The Milwaukee Health Care Partnership (MHCP) operates under a Leadership Council, comprised of senior executives of the private members and government entities. The organization operates as an unincorporated managed consortium. Fiscal agency is provided by Ascension Wisconsin.

Leadership Council Members

Joanne Alig, Wisconsin Hospital AssociationCandice Cole, Progressive Community Health CenterAndres Gonzalez, Froedtert ThedaCare Health, Inc
Bill Hanna, Wisconsin Department of Health ServicesJulia Harris-Robinson, Outreach Community Health CenterStephanie Harrison, Wisconsin Primary Care Association
Lyle Ignace, MD, Gerald L Ignace Indian Health CenterDarcey Ipock, Medical College of WisconsinNkem Iroegbu, MD, Aurora Health Care
Tito Izard, MD, Milwaukee Health Services, Inc.Daniel Jackson, Ascension WisconsinKirsten Johnson, Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Shakita LaGrant-McClain, Milwaukee County Department of Health and Human ServicesJulie Schuller, MD, Sixteenth Street Community Health CenterMichael Totoraitis, Milwaukee Health Department
**Scott Turner, Children’s Wisconsin  
**Chair

MHCP Staff

Ann Christiansen serves as the MHCP executive director, managing the consortium’s initiatives, which include significant contributed expertise from its members. Currently, about 100 health care leaders and providers participate in over a dozen initiatives and workgroups.


Operations

MHCP operations are funded through member contributions, each assessed relative to their size. Program and project activities are funded through a blend of member support and philanthropy.

The MHCP Leadership Council oversees the development of an annual operating plan, with strategies and tactics supporting each of its four goals:

  1. Securing and retaining adequate and affordable health insurance for all
  2. Increasing availability, accessibility and acceptability of health care services
  3. Enhancing care coordination and navigation within and across the delivery system
  4. Identifying and addressing targeted community health needs